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  2. Thanks a million to all you great MG gearheads for your kind assistance. Fortunately, last night I pulled the ignition switch, carefully pulled it apart, and guess what greeted me? One of the four wires was broken off at a contact. I fixed it and am back in business. I was surprised to see this was the whole problem, but I am very, very happy that I saved a lot of hours that I would have had to spend diagnosing. So tonight I will get the bike back together. With a big smile. One does have to be careful when prying the switch open, and yes , three hands would be helpful. I did place the switch in soft jaws in a vise, and hence my two hands did work OK. I will get some pics up soon. She's a beaut...
  3. BTW, I have an LED tail light (FBF) eliminator, and to repeat, teh stop light works OK.
  4. First check. Do you have power at Fuse 6 & 7 from the ignition switch? If Not Sometimes with age the grease in the contacts goes hard keeping them apart. I had that with my V11. You can check the contact resistance by pulling fuse 4 and measuring to the common point at F6/F7 if it's consistently less than say 1/2 Ohm it's ok otherwise the switch comes apart quite easily although you do need 3 hands from memory. Clean out the old grease and put back some vaseline or similar. From the switch it goes through a large connector at the front of tank check for corrosion there. Look at the Carl Allison drawing it will show the connector and wire colour. My drawing doesn't show the connector. Sometimes after years of flexing back and forth a wire will become brittle and break inside, that would happen where it flexes at the front forks look for any point that bends sharply when you move the bars back and forth. A broken wire will stretch when pulled hard. BTW if you lay the Test Point Layout drawing on the bike the orientation for fuses and relay pins should match, that's how it is on mine anyway. I pulled the tank, air box, rear assembly, instrument cover, headlight - and the scoot is really naked now. I am ready to do some serious wiring checking and applying contact cleaner at electrical connectors . But frankly, I still don;t know where to start other than attempting to trace wiring and checking continuity / voltage. I keep thinking it MUST be somthing simple... But unfortunately, electrical issues are full of gremlins and ghosts. To the above question, the instrumetn panel lights are out while the center oil light, etc., are working OK. Any other advice?? Thanks.
  5. 2000 MG V11 Sport: Out of the blue, my stop light, dash, and blinkers just stopped functioning. The best I can tell, the problem is between the Fuse #6 and Fuse #7 which has a common connection to the Ignition Switch? But not sure. So where do I look? Under tank? In instrument panel? In tail section? Loose connector - what else to check? Is it safe to say the dreaded relay are not the problem? I'm OK with an volt/ohm meter. Maybe someone has an easy solution? HELP NEEDED!!! And THANKS!!
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